Buckle.



No.734,686. PATENTBD JULY 28,1903.

' H. ENGELMAN.

BUCKLE.

APPLIOATIOH FILED SEPT. 12, 1901.

N0 MODEL.

VENTUH is adjacent to the top slot or opening 6.

ATENT Yatented July 28, 1903.

Price.

HARRY ENGELMAN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BUCKLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 734,686, dated July 28, 1903. Application filed September 12, 1901. Serial No. 75,146- (No model.)

improved buckle, particularly designed for use as a suspender-buckle, but which'may be employed for other purposes; and with this and other objects in View the invention consists in a buckle constructed as hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings forming part of this speci cation, in which the separate parts of my improvement are designated by the same reference characters in each of the views, Figure 1 is a front view of myimproved buckle applied to a suspender; Fig. 2, a central vertical section of the buckle, and Fig. 3 a side view of the buckle with a suspender-strap connected therewith as shown in Fig. 1.

In the practice of my invention 1 provide a buckle which comprises a main base-plate 5, having a top transverse slot or opening 6, a' bottom transverse slot or opening 7; and an intermediate transverse slot or opening 8,which Pivoted transversely of the front of the main baseplate 5 and just below the intermediate slot or opening 8is a clamp 9, of the usual form, and the pivotal supports of which are shown at 10. The clamp 9 consists of aplate having a down- .wardly-directed central portion 9 ,which projects transversely of and nearly across the slot or opening 7, and the upper edge of said clamp is provided with backwardly-directed teeth 9", which extend backwardly in the direction of the intermediate slot or opening 8,

and the lowerwall-of the slot or opening Sis curved backwardly and upwardly, as shown at 11 inFig. 2. By forming the transverse slot or opening 8 as described and curving the bottom wall thereof backwardly and upwardly I provide'room for the operation of the teeth 9" of the clamp ct, as hereinafter described.

The upward transverse wall of the bottom slot or opening 7 is provided with forwardly or outwardly directed teeth 12, and in com necting this buckle with the Suspender-strap, such a strap being shown at 13, the end of said strap is passed forwardly through the slot or opening 6, then downwardly between the clamp 9 and the base-plate 5,then around the bottom of the base-plate to form a loop 14:, and then across the back of the baseplate and again through the slot or opening 6, and then downwardly again between the clamp and the base-plate, as shown at 15 in Fig. 3, and then through the bottom slot or opening 7, and in this operation'the. said strap may be passed through a retaining-link 16 of a trousers-suspending device 17. When this operation of connecting the strap with the buckle has been performed and the clamp 9 turned down into the position shown in the drawings,the suspender-strap will be securely held, and all that is necessary to shorten the Suspender when such operation is desired is to turn the clamp 9 upwardly and outwardly and then pulldown the front part of theloop 14, as will be readily understood. This operation will lengthen said loop, as will also designated in Fig. 2 by the reference-numeral l3 and the. upper part of said strap above the slot or opening 8 covers the back of the buckle and prevents the latter from cutting, wearing, and rusting a shirtor other garment.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- A buckle comprising a base-plate having transverse slots or openings in the top and bottom portions thereof, an intermediate slot or opening between said first-named slots or openings and adjacent.to the top slot or opening, and forwardly-extending side lugs or projections at the end of theintermediate slot or opening, and a clamp pivotedto said lugs Y or projections transversely of the front of the base-plate and in front of the intermediate slot or opening and provided at its upper edge with backwardly-directed teeth arranged in transverse line with the intermediate slot or opening and the lower end of which clamp extends downwardly over the bottom slot or opening, the bottom slot being adapted to receive the end of the web of the suspender which is passed forwardly through the top slot or opening around. the bottom portion of the buckle and forwardly through the top I once of the subscribing witnesses,this 9th day of September, 1901.

- HARRY ENGELMAN.

WVitnesses:

F. A. STEWART, F. F. TELLER. 

